soup
Noun · VerbWordNet 3.0
Noun (3)
- liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food
- any composition having a consistency suggestive of soup
- an unfortunate situation“we're in the soup now”
Verb (1)
- dope (a racehorse)
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Soup \Soup\, n. [F. soupe, OF. sope, supe, soupe, perhaps originally, a piece of bread; probably of Teutonic origin; cf. D. sop sop, G. suppe soup. See Sop something dipped in a liquid, and cf. Supper.] A liquid food of many kinds, usually made by boiling meat and vegetables, or either of them, in water, -- commonly seasoned or flavored; strong broth. [1913 Webster]
Soup kitchen, an establishment for preparing and supplying soup to the poor.
Soup ticket, a ticket conferring the privilege of receiving soup at a soup kitchen. [1913 Webster]
Soup \Soup\, v. t. To sup or swallow. [Obs.] --Wyclif. [1913 Webster]
Soup \Soup\, v. t. To breathe out. [Obs.] --amden. [1913 Webster]